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Social Innovation for Better Social Inclusion in the EU

This presentation discusses the importance of social innovation in addressing social issues and improving social inclusion in the EU. It highlights the role of the Social Innovation Task Force in promoting innovative practices, advocating for better policy frameworks, and accessing funding. The presentation also explores the opportunities, risks, and threats associated with social innovation, as well as the criteria for good social innovation practices.

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Social Innovation for Better Social Inclusion in the EU

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  1. EU INCLUSION STRATEGIES GROUP 10 October 2015, Brussels Through social innovation to better social inclusion in the EU MarijaBabović, EAPN Serbia Chair of EAPN’s Social Innovation Task Force

  2. Process & Mandate • Mandate: The Social Innovation Task Force wasmandated by the EU ISG based on the recognized need of EAPN members to acquire better knowledge and understanding of social innovation, with the aim to be able to: • Assess current SI practices and resources in MS and EU; • Engage proactively in debates on SI and identify networking opportunities; • Apply more effectively for SI funding and develop innovative practices in SI services; • Advocate for better institutional and policy framework. • Team: MarijaBabović(SRB), SlavomíraMareková(SK), AivarsLasmanis (LV), Elena De La Hera (ES), LoredanaGiuglea(RO), KrisztinaJász (HU) + support Amana Ferro (Secretariat) • Process: 2 meetings so far (May, September) and few cycles of cyber cooperation; final meeting in December • Deliverables: Briefing, Criteria for good SI (checklist) and mapping of good practices.

  3. SI in the EU policy framework • Great importance for the EU • Driven by crisis, stagnation and increased social problems • Social innovation ‘means developing new ideas, services and models to better address social issues. It invites input from public and private actors, including civil society, to improve social services’. • Financing instrument: The EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) • Approach relatively biased towards labour activation, consistent with overall EU focus on growth and competitiveness. • Emphasis on social policy experimentation and randomized control trials.

  4. EAPN definition • Contributes to combating poverty and improving social inclusion • Novelty (relative) in: • Content • Method • Actors and agencies • Sustainable change • Driven by social needs • Empowers people and communities • Bottom-up process • Supporting and not replacing public services

  5. Opportunities, risks and treats • Opportunities: • Financial support for experimentation and innovation • New relations, partnerships • Improved service/performance • New perspectives and frontiers – ‘thinking outside of the box’ • Empowerment of NGOs as innovators • Strengthening and empowering EAPN • Raising visibility of actions and issues. • Risks: • Undermines role of the State as universal service provider • Justification for austerity transferring burden to CSOs • If unmonitored can lead to the loss of services, decrease of quality • Targeted instead of universal services • Justification for shift from core to project funding • Competitiveness instead of solidarity and cooperation among CSOs • Threats: • Lack of political or financial support, lack of legislative context for social economy • Delayed efficiency • Opposition of vested interests • Old mindsets • Poor follow-up • Unsuccessful up-scaling

  6. EAPN criteria for good SI practices • Effectively reducing poverty and improving social inclusion • Introducing novelty (relative) in needs identification, products, services, methods, actors • Empowering users • Strengthening community • Empowering CSOs • It is sustainable • It is transferable/adaptable • It is accountable • Contributes to positive changes in attitudes, mindsets, values. • Complements but not replaces universal public services

  7. Next Steps • Briefing and Checklist discussed in the EU ISG and dispatched by email – comments received and endorsement by the Group • Mapping of good practices in EAPN – short fiche to be dispatched after this meeting; results compiled before the end of the year • Final SITF meeting in December – finalising deliverables • Presentation event in the European Parliament in December (to be confirmed)

  8. Thank you for your attention! More information? Marija: bmarija63@gmail.com Amana:amana.ferro@eapn.eu

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